limoniad
English
Alternative forms
- limnade
- limniad
Etymology
Latin limoniades, plural, Ancient Greek λειμωνιάδες (leimōniádes), from λειμών (leimṓn, “meadow”).
Noun
limoniad (plural limoniads)
- (Greek mythology) A nymph of the meadows.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for limoniad in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)